Monday, December 11, 2017

Christmas Lights

Several years ago, we started the tradition of driving around to look at Christmas lights and displays.  The first few years we went to a neighborhood in Brea where everyone decorates.  For the past couple of years, Janice has looked up houses/neighborhoods in Orange and we've visited them instead.  David is our chauffeur (although he did get out of the car twice this year.)

The first place we visited is one we also visited last year, but I tried to take different pictures this year.  There is so much to see and there's even a Santa Claus who loves talking to his visitors and seeing the looks of amazement on their faces.




The tiniest train in the world
Close up
Here are some more pictures of some special lights.  We even stopped at a hot chocolate stand and received free cups of really good made from scratch hot chocolate.

This is part of a village in a man's garage.   He collects cans of food from visitors and last year over 1600 cans were donated.
 The next two are at the same house (not the one above though).  The figures are hand painted and represent various different Christmas characters.  There were a lot more than what this picture shows.
 This next picture shows that even the backs of the figures were painted.
 This tree is on the roof of a house and is much brighter in person.

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